leaders make were curious to so here it is germany's chancellor angela merkel has a monthly salary of about twenty one thousand euros of which about one thousand euros as her pay as the member of the german parliament president of the commission jose manuel barroso is earning about twenty five thousand euros a month these figures might not actually seem like anything outrageous but you have to remember that the strike takes place against the backdrop of not just related salary cuts for many. european public servants. russia's billionaire alexander lebedev and his son you've gainey have won the license to operate a new london t.v. station it will be it will base its content on the stories from newspapers the evening standard and the independent the lead of team beat four other applicants for the rights to a twelve year license to broadcast to an estimated four million homes other contenders include a former mayor candidate stephen norris and a former channel more chairman johnson london live as it will be called plans to operate from early twenty fourteen months are going to be about e